Hero Quote by Suraj Sani

“In the old days, the general's ribbons / & medals rainbowed across his chest, / & if he were interrogating himself, / by now,…

— Yusef Komunyakaa

“But as long as they gave us medals, that fixed it, as far as the army was concerned. You expect heroes to survive terrible…

— T. Kingfisher

“I think, though, that another shame of war is that when it’s over, a soldier don’t get to leave it behind where he fought…

— Sandra Kring

“The rifle gleamed up at him. When men do it in wartime, they give them medals, he thought.”

— Stephen King

“He is the true soldier who knows how to die and stand his ground in the midst of a hail of bullets.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

“A soldier never goes to war without his weapon.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“If they give the purple heart for soldiers, I guess they could give me the blue ball medal for the testament of willpower I…

— Penelope Bloom

“A soldier doesn’t fight to save suffering humanity or any other nonsense. He fights to prove that his unit is the best in the…

— Rick Atkinson

“A soldier is a killer painted hero.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“A soldier is not always just a soldier.”

— M.F. Moonzajer

“One mark of a great soldier is that he fights on his own terms or fights not at all.”

— Sun Tzu

“Some soldiers are buried in the battlefield, but others carry that battlefield with them for the rest of their lives.”

— Daniel Arenson